About Masaon Village

Masaon is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 316, made up of 140 males and 176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,257 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246165, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Pauri
Pincode	246165
Area (hectares)	114.51 hectares
Population	316
Male Population	140
Female Population	176
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,257
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Masaon compares

By the 2011 count Masaon is the 77th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 114.51 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1259.

Getting to Masaon

Masaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Masaon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Masaon from other places

Masaon lies about 36 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 47 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Masaon
Tehsil headquarters	Pauri	14 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	36 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	47 km

Villages closest to Masaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pauri tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Masaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Masaon village had a population of 316. That makes it the 77th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Masaon village has 140 males and 176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masaon has about 1257 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Masaon is 246165. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masaon covers 114.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masaon falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Masaon is Kotdwara, about 47 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Masaon.

Masaon is about 36 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masaon is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Pauri is about 14 km away. Garhwal is about 36 km away. Kotdwara is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.